As requested by Stephanie who wanted a photo of the wig, here it is!!! It proves that Stephanie's mother, Gayla, in this photo, is guilty of getting into mischief and playing with my stuff....probably when I wasn't at home. Unfortunately, this is not "THE" wig that I wore and Mom thought looked like a shaggy dog. This wig was one Mom had while we lived in Quincy. Wigs were the rage!
Gayla looks pretty sophisticated, don't you think? Sort of like Sophia Loren, except for the brand new rather large permanent front teeth.
Also, check out the little shirt Gayla is wearing...homemade! I was the Nielsen family seamstress and made lots of the clothes Ruth, Gayla and DeAnn wore...including clothes for myself and Mom! I still like to sew but nobody wants me to sew for them...BooHoo!
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I didn't realize that was a wig Gayla had on until recently. I thought she just had very grown up hair that was sort of weird. I actually didn't pay much attention to hair in those days, as is evidenced in any photos taken of me in those days. I always looked like a big dork!
And I see the ric-rac on the shirt Gayla has on. It was very popular in those days to use ric-rac on everything. You don't see much ric-rac anymore...thank goodness!
Thanks for the picture! I think I see a bit of Cindy in the picture. In the eyes I think. Anyway, thanks for the picture! Fun to see.
I remember a little more to the story of this picture. One summer Gayla and I and maybe someone else too, decided to put on a circus in the back yard. We had a tight rope act up on the swing set and a fortune teller a little tent made with blankets on the closeline. Gayla was the fortune teller with the wig on. A few neighbor kids may have come to the circus, but I think it was pretty much a failure.
I remember lots of circus' we had in the backyard using tents and tightropes and the swing-set. Older and wiser next-door neighbor Sharon Reynolds was always sort of in charge. We worked hard on our routines and invited all the neighbor kids and charged admission. It was always so disappointing when few came thus these little circus' were all financial failures. Once though we raised enough money to buy a tube of lipstick...Sharon's idea. She kept it in her purse after that. Bah!
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